Car ploughs off the pier at VA Waterfront this afternoon

A man died when the vehicle he was driving went over the East Pier of the Port of Table Bay at Cape Town’s V&A Waterfront this afternoon, 11 August.

A passenger managed to get out of the vehicle, believed to be a waterfront maintenance bakkie, and get to shore. A helicopter pilot jumped into the water after grabbing a wheel clamp and smashed a window of the vehicle.

The pilot managed to free the driver but once ashore the driver was confirmed dead by paramedics.